Cleaning out my Photobucket storage I came across these obscure images taken of your's truly. No, I'm not quite reduced to posting selfies ...this is all on my spousal unit..., but this is what happens when FANDOM runs amok...

BEER & ALE fandom...

Catman set loose in Barcelona...

MANNUP Collectibles (whoever heard of a dealer with a freakin' slide show presentation)...

There's more, but I'd have to imbibe a lot more beer before postin'em. Hmmm, maybe it's time to go back to the fridge for another brew.

Lobbying for serial lobby cards is a lonely pursuit. Alas, I'm a glutton for punishment! One of the greatest mid-40's serials was MANHUNT of MYSTERY ISLAND with the charming Linda Sterling trying to thwart Roy Bancroft's plans for world conquest as the evil ray-transformed pirate Captain Mephisto. It's a totally ridiculous plot, but lots of fun...

Looking through my old Photobucket files I came across another photo from 6 or 7 years ago, probably at NYCC. Not sure which dealer had this on display, but it was probably Metropolis. The presentation for this high grade Cap #1 is first class all the way!

I have to tell you that I enjoy immensely the pictures and anecdotes that you are posting on this site.

I just wonder why there are not more people showing us their old comic mart pictures?

Unfortunately, we did not have camera phones back when I attended shows so I do not have any record other than my memories.

Thanks, Redshade! I think you answered your own question although I do have quite a few of photos from before cellphone pics. Then again, I was kind of a nerd about capturing images of fandom as far back as I can remember. I've tried to avoid posting selfies (unsuccessfully) or photos my wife took that I'm in at different shows, but sometimes it's unavoidable.

Next weekend is the 2018 OAF-con (Oklahoma Alliance of Fandom) ...which is a great old time comic show... and I'll definitely get some images from that. I'm passing on NYCC this year as I've already attended SDCC and Chicago Wizard, but I promise there'll be a lot of cool paper collectibles to photograph there.
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Back in 1992, right after Jim Shooter was ousted from Valiant, an Atlanta store hosted a Valiant comics Convention. The prints given out at the show became collectors items. I own a basic set. It was later I realized that I had a flyer for the show as well as the program book.

The flyer:

The program book:

A CBG ad for the prints that came out a couple of months after the show was over.

At the show, I got Bob Layton to sign a copy of his 1st published work at Valiant.

Bob Layton was not a founder of Valiant. He was just a hired employee. The wikipedia is wrong. He told me the story at the show.

Almost everyone at the show got a free HARD Corps #1 Gold version except me. I wasn't jumping through hoops or acting like an idiot to get one. Some people got multiples by answering trivia questions or impressing the creators somehow. This one came from the show, but I bought it when a friend needed some money and had no luck selling it on eBay.

Comics fandom fanzines date back in to the 1930s. Here are half a dozen scanned pages from Cartoonist Bi-Monthly #9 from 1937. I have issues #8 9 10 each including a column by Joseph Simon. Comics fanzines date back as early as 1936 that I have copies of. Deeper coverage on them and lots more are in my finally soon to be completed book Comic Book Store Wars.